Because I'm irritated...

[leethet]

...and this is the best place to vent that.



I'm irritated by people who pretend to be offering a rational argument about something they don't like, while they are in fact irrationally and ignorantly hostile to it, have never open mindedly examined it, know nothing of it, wish to know nothing of it and use as evidence against it the random opinions of other uninformed foes. How can you ever hope to comprehend something or someone when all you feel toward it is contempt based on no actual information, something you can't be bothered to learn about but can only be bothered to mock? How can you stand back and accept only misinformation and propaganda from admitted foes of something and pretend you have anything like a rational opinion about it?

Hm. I don't feel much better.

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[franciskerst.livejournal.com]

Share the feeling and have followed the thread. For once I controlled my biting habit and don't feel better either. It was more stupid as allowed, and a little mean too, not to say somehow coward... (It's not me; I just happened to hear another guy who...)

[leethet.livejournal.com]

That was also my impression, Francis. To quote someone else's insulting remark, to repeat it in that way, is to endorse it. He was quick to deny that the words were his, but he never disagreed with the sentiment. That speaks very clearly, and not just about his contempt for slash.
It is absolutely cowardly.